Clothesline hanger



Patented July 1926.` v

y UNITED sTArEsPATE lEDWARD MAURER AND JAMES e. VABLEY, or oLEvELAnnoHIo. e

. 'a l ff. v ,y l CLOTHESLINE HANGER.

' plantation filed october 1s, y1924. serial No. 744,467.'

This invention relates to a clothes line.

hanger yof the type comprising a frame adapted for securement to a ost or a buildf `ing and provided with a pul Vey over which l the clothes line travels.

, Y vThe object of the present invention is to provide an improved Vclothes line hanger" of the type described wherein `the pulley is providedwith anv eccentrically arranged Y spiral groove into which the clothes line may part `obvious rand in lpart will appear more in s detail hereinafter.

, In the drawing, which represents one suit-- able embodiment of the invention, Fig. 1 is a side elevation ofmy improved clothes line l hanger; Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof; Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view through the main pulley groove; andV Fig/lis a detail side elevation with parts broken away vand inseci tion. Y

Referring to the drawing, 1 represents the pulleyY supportingy frame which preferably f isof sufficient length to. enable the'house-y wife or maid to conveniently'suspend the frame from a post or' building at the properr height without the use of a stepladder yor the like. To this endthe supporting frame,

which is here shown as an elongated iiat ,35- metal bar, is provided near its upper end with a suitable aperture Qto receive a-nail or hook, which method of yse'curement not only enables the barV to be readily removed after use thereof, if desired, but also enables v40 the bar to assume various angular positions to conform to the location of other hangers or points of securement of the line. Usually, y

, when the clothes line is in use.v the hanger will assume a substantially horizontal position at approximately the height ofthe sup- 'porting nail or hook. The lower end portion of the bar is formed as an open-ended oHset loop or return bendY 3 within which vis journalled a pulley 4:`

Vmounted on a rivet secured in the Aloop side portions. The extreme lower end ofthe bar ,is curved inwardly, as at, so as to partially l close the loopand thereby normally prevent the accidental Vescape of the clothesline. `This curved portion may besuiliciently moved, however, `or is f sufficiently spacedk s lfrorn the main bar portion, to enable the clothes line to be easily inserted into and removed from` the loop.A To apply the Yclothes line to the pulley 4, the housewife or maid' need only loop theline and pass'the loop over tlieainwardly extending ,curved portion 1 l6. t This maybe easily and conveniently done without'Y the use of a stepladderfor thejf Y i lilie, asit is not necessary for her toY reach with her hands the supporting nail or hook or even the pulley 4. The clothes line may',

therefore, be conveniently supported i at a f.

glelater heightl than has heretofore been poss1 e. *f y v The pulley 4 is provided, in addition to the usual annular groove 7, withj one orjmore eccentricallyk arranc'red, spiral grooves 8,'two 'suchgrooves being` ere shown'. By a simple lateral movement, the clothesline .travelling along the annular groove may bethrowninto one of the spiral grooves 8 and caught and pinched by a cam-like action between the Y eccentricy pulley portion and the Vframe bar. In the present embodiment, saidbar at the top of the offset loop is provided with yan outwardly pressed portion so as to provide a shoulder 9 whichV effectively co-operates 'with eitherof the spi-ral, eccentric pulley grooves in holding the clothes line fastened in the hanger. i f Y Y' VWhat we claimis g A clothes line'hanger, comprising an elongated flatbar provided at one end with means for suspending it from aV support and @at its opposite end Vbent back upon itself tol form. .an open lloop,-the lfree vend` of said loop; beingbent toward the Vbody 'to restrict thev opening to said loop, a pulleyy journalledbetween the'rside members `ofY said-.loop andy providedzwith a recess in its iange adjacent the body, saidbodybeing bent outwardly adjacent the pulleyiiange to form a recess in which the rope end lying inthe flange recess of the pulley isheld by tension on the rope. 1 .t In testimony whereof Vwehereby affix our signatures.Y j Y EDWARD Marrana. .JAMES G. vARLEY. 

